Fishing lure



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1. HENNINGS FISHING L Filed Aug. 26, 1920 9 MIMI! jd 7 P- INVENWJR.

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- Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

WAR HENNINGS, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

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' Application filed August 26, 1920. Serial No. 406,206. v

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, IvAR HENNINGs, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FishingLures of which the following is a s ecification.

My invention relates to fis ing lures, and more particularly toartificial cast-in flies, or the like. and consists primarily in theprovision of a buoyant body etpliipped with a hook of a particular formw ich may be secured to the body in the manufacture of the lures in aneasy and rapid manner; and which, in connection with the simpleexpedients employed in securing the body and 'hook' together, results ina material saving of time as well as cost of materials in themanufacture of the lures, as well as the additional advantages resultingfrom simplicity.

of structure and the use of a minimum number of parts. Generallyspeaking, my object is to provide a simple and economical constructionfor fishing lures, as well use construction which will withstand themore or less rough usage to which such lures are subjected, as by attackof and the. struggles of game fish when hooked, and in the re moval ofthe fish from the hook. L

'l he invention in the preferred form of details will'be described inthe following specification, reference being had pardon-- larly to theaccompanying drawings, in

which:

t Figure 1 is a side elevation of a ,lnre embodylng the improvement.

' Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the lure as shown in Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is an end view of the lure body.

r-- Figure 4 is a similar view showing the hooka-pplied thereto, inpermanent relations t The body 5 of the lure, which may be variouslymodified as to form, preferaby consists of a buoyant material having ayielding nature to a degree, such as cork, or a synthetic materialhaving like properties."

Such body is provided withan axial bore 6, which boreqis intersected bya slit 7 coextensive with the length of the body, as clearly shown inFigs. 2 and 3, in which latter figure the body portionsseparated by theslit are spread apart preliminary to the application of the hook, theyielding nature of cork permitting the parts to be spread within limitswithout fracturing or splitting the remaining portion-of the body. 4

Adapted to fit the bore 6 of the body is a fish hook 8, provided withthe usual terminal eye 9 for-attachment of the fish line, and formed inits shankportion with a loop or bend 10, to provide a lateral projectionserv-,

ng as a means for preventing relative turnmg andendwise movement of thebody and hoti'k, as in the manner presently explained.

After placement of the hook in proper position with relation to thebody, as well as the placement within the slit of the ends of feathers,hair, and other objects to simulate bugs and other creatures, as is wellunderstood in the art, windii1gs 11 of thread or in a manner to tightlydraw together the "slitted portions thereof, such being drawn body withrelation to the hook in one directlOil. I

While the foregoing is the preferred form of my invention, it is to heunderstood that I do not limit myself to the precise structure'- shownand described. as-it is obvious that various modifications thereof maybeinade without departing from the spirit of the. invention as dclinedby the claim. i

Having thus described my invention. ivhat is claimed isz-t- Thecombination with a fish hook. a shank carried by said fish hook. saidshank being axially disposed in a slit in one side of a resilient bodymember, of a bend in said shank intermediateits ends in'the plane of theshank and forming an offset portion. said offset portion being on thesame side of the shank as the hook.

.In testimony. whereof I aflix my si nature. IVAR' HENNfNGs.

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